I do serve on various boards and I'm very honest and frank, obviously, I am a very forthright person and I do, sort of, share my candid views on anything.

I really believe that entrepreneurship is about being able to face failure, manage failure and succeed after failing.

If you think about brewing, it is biotechnology. And I would say that I was a technologist at heart. So whether I... fermented beer or whether I fermented enzymes, the base technology was the same.

As you become more successful, the gender barrier disappears. The credibility challenges you have during your growing up years starts disappearing when you start demonstrating success.

An entrepreneur's life is always a continuous journey.

Today anything can be done - we have the techniques

I have never let gender get in my way.

My passion for innovation and my interest in the 'business of science' has seen Biocon commercialize many innovative platforms and products.

I have never let gender get in my way. It has taken me over 30 years to get from a garage to the huge campus that we have today. And it's been a long journey.

I have a great team who has helped me build Biocon, I was very fortunate to be able to share my vision with a group of people who really were as excited about challenges as I was.

I hate the title of being called the richest woman in India, but it's the recognition that this was the value that I had created as a woman entrepreneur and that makes me very, very proud.

My wolf was a cute guy and he was holding my hand. I could die happy.

If a man asks me for my loyalty...I will give him my honesty.If a man asks me for my honesty...I will give him my loyalty!

The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.

Liberalism is financed by the dividends from Conservatism.

God had no children too weak, but a great many too strong to make use of.

The great end of all arts is to make an impression on the imagination and the feeling. The imitation of nature frequently does this. Sometimes it fails and something else succeeds.

The Lord loves holiness and transparency, and I think that if we are to worship Him properly and lead others to do the same, our day to day lives have to reflect that.

The Kite Runner is a story of two boys and a father, and the strange love triangle that binds them.

The trees come up to my window like the yearning voice of the dumb earth

Going to the movies was a big event in my youth. My father would be the initiator - he'd have me put on a jacket to see a film.